Besides of the loud background music everything is well made. Learned a lot from one of my favorites 80's cartoon growing up.
But the underlying bass is AWFUL! It actually drowns out the interviews and makes them difficult to hear.
"Power Of Grayskull" is impressive. The sheer volume of material, interviews, exposition and archive footage fills this extensive exploration of the He-man franchise completely.
I spent 10 minutes adjusting my tv and boxes to try figure out why the background music was too loud, assuming it must have been my own settings. I tried to persevere, but had to quit 5 minutes in.
If you're a fan of the 80's and of toys in general this is a must watch documentary. Just over 90 minutes long this documentary goes through the history of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise, from the conception of a new and popular toy line for MATTEL to worldwide phenomenon, spanning the 80's and to modern times.
I just finished watching "Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe" on Netflix, and I must say that I was adequately entertained.Sure, as a life-long fan of MotU then there weren't all that many surprises to be experiences here.
I was looking forward to this documentary for sometime. Unfortunately the Toys That Made Us, also on Netflix beat this documentary to the punch and covered most of the things this documentary did, but with more humor and charm.
It's a well made and all-encompassing movie that sadly should have come out before The Toys that Made Us. You won't really learn anything here that wasn't already explored there, but it was nice to see Frank Langella and Dolph Lundgren talk about the awful live action movie.
There is a consistent, non-stop combination of buzzing and bass as the background audio for this documentary. It overwhelms the voices and in the few moments where the bass stops, the documentary appears to actually be watchable.
